Aporia

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Aporia \A*po"ri*a\, n.; pl. {Aporias}. [L., doubt, Gr. ?, fr. ?
     without passage, at a loss; 'a priv. + ? passage.] (Rhet.)
     A figure in which the speaker professes to be at a loss what
     course to pursue, where to begin to end, what to say, etc.
     [1913 Webster]